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US-12184314

Frequency-dependent IQ mismatch calibration for radio frequency (RF) transmitters

PublishedDecember 31, 2024
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Technical Abstract

A method for calibrating a radio frequency (RF) transmitter to compensate for a frequency-dependent in-phase quadrature (FDIQ) mismatch is disclosed. The method may include determining in-phase quadrature (IQ) amplitude and phase mismatches of the RF transmitter for a lower side band (LSB) and an upper side band (USB), determining a FDIQ mismatch based on linear fitting the IQ amplitude and phase mismatches for the LSB and the USB, modifying the FDIQ mismatch based on flipping a FDIQ phase mismatch in the LSB and flipping a FDIQ phase mismatch in the USB to generate a modified FDIQ mismatch, determining Fourier coefficients based on applying an inverse fast Fourier transform to the modified FDIQ mismatch, and determining FIR coefficients for a finite impulse response (FIR) filter of the RF transmitter based on windowing the Fourier coefficients.

Patent Claims
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3. The method of claim 2, wherein the FIR filter is included in an IQ mismatch compensation module of the RF transmitter.

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4. The method of claim 3, wherein the IQ mismatch compensation module receives signals from a RF digital pre-distortion (DPD) module of the RF transmitter and outputs signal to an I path baseband DPD module and a Q path baseband DPD module of the RF transmitter.

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5. The method of claim 1, wherein the flipping the FDIQ phase mismatch in the LSB includes regenerating a FDIQ phase mismatch from frequencies −fs/2 to −fs/4 based on flipping a FDIQ phase mismatch from frequencies −fs/4 to 0 Hertz and the flipping the FDIQ mismatch in the USB includes regenerating a FDIQ phase mismatch from frequencies fs/4 to fs/2 based on flipping a FDIQ phase mismatch between frequencies 0 Hertz to fs/4, wherein fs represents a sampling rate of the FIR filter.

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8. The method of claim 1, wherein the windowing uses a Hamming window.

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9. The method of claim 1, wherein the IQ amplitude and phase mismatch for the LSB is determined at a frequency of −400 kilohertz (kHz) and the IQ amplitude and phase mismatch for the USB is determined at a frequency of +400 kHz.

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12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the FIR filter is included in an IQ mismatch compensation module of the RF transmitter.

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13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the IQ mismatch compensation module receives signals from a RF digital pre-distortion (DPD) module of the RF transmitter and outputs signal to an I path baseband DPD module and a Q path baseband DPD module of the RF transmitter.

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14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the flipping the FDIQ phase mismatch in the LSB includes regenerating a FDIQ phase mismatch from frequencies −fs/2 to −fs/4 based on flipping a FDIQ phase mismatch from frequencies −fs/4 to 0 Hertz and the flipping the FDIQ phase mismatch in the USB includes regenerating a FDIQ phase mismatch from frequencies fs/4 to fs/2 based on flipping a FDIQ phase mismatch between frequencies 0 Hertz to fs/4, wherein fs represents a sampling rate of the FIR filter.

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17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the windowing uses a Hamming window.

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18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the IQ amplitude and phase mismatch for the LSB is determined at a frequency of −400 kilohertz (kHz) and the IQ amplitude and phase mismatch for the USB is determined at a frequency of +400 KHz.

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May 11, 2023

Publication Date

December 31, 2024

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